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How Are Dinosaurs Dated? Today’s Knowledge of Fossil Ages Comes Primarily from Radiometric Dating, Also Known as Radioactive Dating. Radiometric Dating Relies...
How Are Dinosaurs Dated?
Today’s knowledge of fossil ages comes primarily from radiometric dating, also known as radioactive dating. Radiometric dating relies on the properties of isotopes. These are chemical elements, like carbon or uranium, that are identical except for one key feature — the number of neutrons in their nucleus.Jan 15, 2008
How do they know how old dinosaurs are?
There are two ways to determine the age of a dinosaur fossil. One is called relative geologic time, which involves deciding whether one dinosaur fossil is older or younger than another. The other is often called absolute geologic time, which involves estimating how many millions of years old a dinosaur fossil is.
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